Paper bag



Sept. 21 1926. 1,600,345

z. LITTMAN I APER BAG Filed June 9. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet` l Sept. 21 5 1926. 1,600,345

l z. LITTMAN 4 i PAPER BAG Filed June e, 1922 l 2 sheets-sheet T1 EAI. TEF-55 Patented Sept. 21, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFF-ICE.

zENo vLHTMAN, or' NEW YORK, N. Y., AssIGNoR To ooHons nNvELorn oo., INC., 0F

" NEW YORK, N. Y.

PAPER BAG.

Application led June 9, 1922. l.Serial N'o. 567,004.

This vinvention relates generally to hand bags or receptacles formed of paper or the like and particularly relates to closure and carrying -means for such articles. l

vA general object of the inventionV 1s to provide in a hand bag lformed of paper or other material correspondingly lacking 1n mechanical strength, a suitably reinforced handle or carrying means produced by simple folds in the material itself. Another object of the invention is to provide an effective lockingor holding means also formed of the material of which the bag is formed.-

A preferred-form of the invention includes a ypaper bag having its rear wall extended from the open end and folded back on and attached to itself, a further extension of the projecting member forming a closure flap and having a hinged connection with the rear wall at theopen-end of the bag. For

convenience in carrying an opening` is formed through the doubled extension through which the finge-rs of the user may be passed to use the extension as a handle member for the bag. In order to close the open end of the bag the flap member referred to may be folded downwardly over the upper portion of the front face of the bag and attached thereto by a suitable interlocking tongue and slit construction.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a bag or receptacle embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a View in section and on an enlarged scale of the closure end of the bag shown in Figure 1, showing both the parts in closed condition.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 showing the parts in open position.

Figure 4 is a view in front elevation of a modified form of bag.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing the closure end of the bag shown in Figure 4 in open position.

Figure 6 is a plan view of still another modification of the invention.

Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 5 and showing the closure means of Figure 6 in open position.

F'gure 8 is a view of a port-ion of a blank used in the formation of the bag shown in Figure 4.

Figure 9 is a sectional view of a portion of the bag shown in Figure 4 in a partly folded position.

Figure 10 is a view similar to Figure showing the fold completed. v

Referring to the drawings fora morede-V4 tailed description of the invention, in Figure 1 a. bag 5 is lshown formed of paper and having'a front wall 6 .and a rear wall'7. The' rear wall 7 is provided with an extension 8k folded back on itself at`9and attached thereextension or projection ofthe materialformmg the .rear wall member 7 of the bag.

It will be seen that the liap member 12 has a hingedconnection at 11 with the members 10 and 8 so that the flap member canbe folded downwardly` over thel front face of the Vfront wall ,6 of the bag' as indicatedl in Figure 2. In the folded position of .the flap member 12 it will be .clear that .the upper end of the bag will be closed and effectively protected against th-e entrance of .dust or moisture as well as the accidental or other removal .of the contents of the package. kIn order to more effectively guard the contents of the bag the'llap member 12 may be locked in closed position by means of the locking tongue 13 in the wall 6 and the slits 14 provided in the flap 12 for cooperation with the tongue.

A hand opening 15 is provided through the extended parts 8 and 11 to convert the extended parts into a handle member as Vwill be clear. In order to reinforce the strength of the handle member the bag may be wholly formed of a double thickness lof material as indicated in Figures 2 and' 3 or a reinforcing tensile strip 16 may be employed as in Figures 4 and 5 which extends throughout the whole interior length of the bag structure, or for only that part of the bag structure which is included inthe closure port-s as indicated in Figures land 7.

Instead of the tongue and slits used in locking the flap member in closed position as in Figures 1 and 2, an interlocking tongue 17 may be provided on the flap m'ember and a slit 18 formed in the front wall of the bag as in Figures 5 and 6. In Fignres 6 and 7 the material removed from the opening 15 is folded through the opening and upwardly along the rear wall 7 inthe form of a flap 18 which serves as a reinforcement of the handle or carrying part.

IVhat I claim is;

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